Good to see Grant Wahl getting full time soccer coverage now. CNNSI is stepping up their coverage, I only hope it lasts past the World Cup. That guy must have some cool stories, he's traveled to a lot of obscure places, Uruguay, Angola, South Africa, and that's just in the last few months. Fox Soccer Channel is going HD this month, and ESPN has stepped up their coverage too. All across the board, there's more coverage now.
The John Terry scandal and it's comparison John Harkes is nothing more than an interesting comparison. I'm sure things like this happen all the time in pro sports, but the different ways it gets handled are interesting. Fabio Capello has forgotten more about soccer than Steve Sampson will ever learn. Prior to coaching the US team, Steve Sampson was coach at Santa Clara university. Prior to coaching England, Capello was coach of AC Milan, Juventus, Roma and Real Madrid where he won a league title at each stop. So he knows how to handle big egos and win at the biggest stage. The criticism over Terry is kind of misplaced, it's ridiculous to throw him off the team over this, but it's definitely a case where he needs to be taken down a few notches and made to realize that he is but a piece of a larger puzzle. Terry is probably the biggest egomaniac on the team, he needs to have any leadership role taken away and given to someone who knows how to do it, like Steven Gerrard.
Lastly, the part of the story that is getting totally ignored is the abortion part. I don't know the religious and political ideologies of English society, but in the US that would be downright shameful. Rick Pitino's scandal last year blew up for that main reason, and look at all the uproar over the Tebow commercial. I'm surprised that's not even being talked about in the coverage.
